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Quoted from denni266

Nope . i am entitled to my view  and stick to it  And you as a mod should be upholding that  

Pal, it was a p!ss take and you've taken it personally.

It was said by one of the board at a fans forum during the reign of the 3rd Reich.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Few suggesting the club could duck questions. You do realise anyone can go there, stand up and ask anything you want?

That's assuming they open it up to the floor for questions. I went to their first one which was when we played Denmark in the Euros and further questions had to be written down which makes the difficult questions easy to discard.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Few suggesting the club could duck questions. You do realise anyone can go there, stand up and ask anything you want?

Yeah because everyone who supports town lives within a commutable distance of Blundell Park and can easily turn up there on a midweek evening to attend and ask questions in-person.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Yeah because everyone who supports town lives within a commutable distance of Blundell Park and can easily turn up there on a midweek evening to attend and ask questions in-person.

That's not the point I'm making. I am saying if they were 'ducking questions' they wouldn't have an audience that can ask them... I live in Sutton so I am well aware some don't live back home!

Now as Jamesgtfc said re writing them down - that I would agree isn't the best idea. Let anyone that goes stand up and ask a question if they want, or write it down - which ever the questioner is more comfortable with. If they do that the allegations of question ducking are obviously ridiculous.

When I spotted this had been re-arranged for a night when Radio Humberside was not available the cynical part of me thought it was done deliberately to try and stop difficult questions being asked, if like in the past been able to submit questions to Radio Humberside then the panel will not have much say which questions are asked by the host of the evening, but now it's all being done in house and questions are submitted to the club then it is easy for the panel to decide which questions are answered and not answered, likewise if you can not simply stand up on the night and ask a question then that also add weight to the argument that difficult questions will be avoided.

I hope I am wrong

Quoted from Davec

When I spotted this had been re-arranged for a night when Radio Humberside was not available the cynical part of me thought it was done deliberately to try and stop difficult questions being asked, if like in the past been able to submit questions to Radio Humberside then the panel will not have much say which questions are asked by the host of the evening, but now it's all being done in house and questions are submitted to the club then it is easy for the panel to decide which questions are answered and not answered, likewise if you can not simply stand up on the night and ask a question then that also add weight to the argument that difficult questions will be avoided.

I hope I am wrong

So do I. Think we should put a full stop to this.  

I might be missing something... but are there a lot of 'tough' questions that they would need to 'duck'. They seem to be doing alright to me...

Quoted from Mikey_345

I might be missing something... but are there a lot of 'tough' questions that would need to 'duck'. They seem to be doing alright to me...

My post above is meant to make light of the whole notion that these events have much chance of getting to the bottom of anything. Their importance tends to be amplified when there is a dearth of good news or when points are scarce.... and in a transfer window. Bingo, all three!

Most clubs do fan forums for P.R. especially following a change of ownership or manager. Bit like school parent evenings. Teachers and parents dread them for different reasons.

Clubs host fans forums because they're mandated by the EFL to meet with fans twice a season:

"Clubs are required to meet with a representative group of supporters at least twice a season to discuss significant issues relating to the club. "

Quoted from Davec

When I spotted this had been re-arranged for a night when Radio Humberside was not available the cynical part of me thought it was done deliberately to try and stop difficult questions being asked

If that is their thinking then why do you think they did not plan the original date for when RH was unavailable?